Roman Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti

Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum
Cathedral in Cerreto Sannita
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Benevento
Statistics
Area	583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 91,242 90,109 (98.8%)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di SS. Trinità e Beata Vergine Maria Madre della Chiesa (Cerreto Sannita)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale della Santissima Trinità (Telese Terme) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sant’Agata de’ Goti)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Michele De Rosa
Website
www.diocesicerreto.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (Latin: Dioecesis Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum), in Campania, Italy, has existed since 1986, when the Diocese of Sant'Agata de' Goti was united into the historical Diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento.

History

The first bishop of Telese mentioned is Agnellus (487). Having fallen into decay, the town was rebuilt in the ninth century. From the tenth century it was subject to the Archbishop of Benevento.

In 1612 Bishop Gian Francesco Leoni (1508) transferred the episcopal residence to Cerreto Sannita. In 1818 the see was united to the diocese of Piedimonte d'Alife, but it was re-established in 1852. Among its bishops were:

• Alberico Giacquinto (1540);
• Angelo Massarelli (1567), secretary of the Council of Trent, of which he wrote the acts and a diary;
• Vincenzo Lupoli (1792), a jurist.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Telese o Cerreto Sannita

Latin Name: Thelesinus et Cerretanus
Erected: 5th Century

• Angelo Marcuzzi (20 Jan 1413 - 1453 Died)
• Meolo de Mascabruni (14 Jun 1459 - 8 Oct 1464 Appointed, Bishop of Muro Lucano)
• Matteo Giudici (8 Oct 1464 - 17 Dec 1483 Appointed, Bishop of Penne e Atri)
• Troilo Agnesi (17 Dec 1483 - 12 Feb 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Lavello)
• Pietro Palagario, O.F.M. (12 Feb 1487 - 1505 Died)
• Andrea Riccio (bishop) (24 Oct 1505 - 1515 Died)
• Biagio Caropipe (1 Jun 1515 - 10 Jul 1524 Died)
• Giovanni Gregorio Peroschi (8 Aug 1524 - 1525 Resigned)
• Mauro de Pretis (6 Oct 1525 - 1533 Died)
• Sebastiano de Bonfilii (14 Feb 1533 - 1540 Resigned)
• Alberico Giaquinta (30 Apr 1540 - 1548 Died)
• Giovanni Beraldo (14 Mar 1548 - 1 Oct 1557 Appointed, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti)
• Angelo Massarelli (15 Dec 1557 - 17 Jul 1566 Died)
• Cherubino Lavosio, O.S.A. (19 Aug 1566 - 23 Apr 1577 Died)
• Annibale Cattaneo (15 Oct 1578 - 1584 Died)
• Juan Esteban de Urbieta, O.P. (17 Dec 1584 - 1587 Resigned)
• Cesare Bellocchio (12 Oct 1587 - 15 Nov 1595 Died)
• Eugenio Savino (27 Mar 1596 - Sep 1604 Died)
• Placido Fava, O.S.B. (17 Nov 1604 - 19 Nov 1605 Died)
• Eugenio Cattaneo, B. (13 Feb 1606 - 1608 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Leoni (15 Dec 1608 - 14 Apr 1613 Died)
• Sigismondo Gambacorta, C.R.S.A. (15 Jul 1613 - Oct 1636 Died)
• Pietro Paolo de' Rustici, O.S.B. (16 Mar 1637 - 14 Dec 1643 Appointed, Bishop of Isernia)
• Pietro Marioni (18 Apr 1644 - 1659 Resigned)
• Pietro Francesco Moia, C.R.S. (1 Sep 1659 - 13 Nov 1674 Died)
• Domenico Cito, O.P. (6 May 1675 - 19 Sep 1683 Died)
• Giovanni Battista de Belli (24 Apr 1684 - Sep 1693 Died)
• Biagio Gambaro (22 Dec 1693 - Oct 1721 Died)
• Francesco Baccari (14 Jan 1722 - 13 May 1736 Died)
• Antonio Falangola (9 Jul 1736 - 29 May 1747 Appointed, Bishop of Caserta)
• Filippo Gentile (20 Nov 1747 - 25 Jun 1771 Died)
• Filiberto Pascali (Pascale) (23 Sep 1771 - 20 Feb 1788 Died)
• Vincenzo Lupoli (27 Feb 1792 - 1 Jan 1800 Died)
• Raffaele Longobardi (21 Dec 1818 Confirmed - 23 Sep 1822 Died)
• Giovanni Battista de Martino di Pietradoro (3 May 1824 Confirmed - 1 May 1826 Died)
• Carlo Puoti (3 Jul 1826 Confirmed - 14 Mar 1848 Died)
• Gennaro di Giacomo (22 Dec 1848 - Jul 1852 Resigned)
• Luigi Sodo (27 Jun 1853 Confirmed - 30 Jul 1895 Died)
• Angelo Michele Jannachino (29 Nov 1895 - 12 Jan 1918 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Signore (20 Jun 1918 - 1 Dec 1928 Resigned)
• Salvatore Del Bene (17 Dec 1928 - 6 Apr 1957 Died)
• Felice Leonardo (22 Jul 1957 - 20 Jul 1991 Retired)

Diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti

United: 30 September 1986 with Diocese of Sant’Agata de’ Goti'
Latin Name: Cerretanus-Thelesinus-Sanctae Agathae Gothorum

• Mario Paciello (20 Jul 1991 - 6 Aug 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti)
• Michele De Rosa (23 May 1998 - )

Notes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Co-cathedrals: Cathedral in Telese Terme (left) Cathedral in Sant'Agata de' Goti (right)